UNICEF

[ yoo-nuh-sef ]

noun

1. United Nations Children's Fund: an agency, created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946, concerned with improving the health and nutrition of children and mothers throughout the world; Nobel Peace Prize 1965.

UNICEF

/ ˈjuːnɪˌsɛf /

acronym for

1. United Nations Children's Fund (formerly, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund): an agency of the United Nations that administers programmes to aid education and child and maternal health in developing countries

Word History and Origins

Origin of UNICEF¹

U(nited) N(ations) I(nternational) C(hildren's) E(mergency) F(und) (an earlier official name)

Example Sentences

Israel has destroyed around two-thirds of Gaza's water systems, according to UNICEF, forcing children to drink unsafe water and increasing their exposure to sewage and waterborne diseases.

From Salon

“People are educated — they know their children can get sick very easily,” said Jonathan Crick, a Jerusalem-based spokesman for UNICEF, the world body’s agency for children.

From Los Angeles Times

"Since these vaccines were supplied through UNICEF/WHO, I would expect they are standard, highly effective vaccines that have been used to eradicate polio around much of the world, particularly in low-resource populations," Sommer said.

From Salon

The campaign will be administered by "the Palestinian Ministry of Health, in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, UNRWA".

From BBC

UNICEF’s Executive Director Catherine Russel said that the re-emergence of the virus in the strip after 25 years is "another sobering reminder of how chaotic, desperate and dangerous the situation has become".

From BBC